Question

a liter of cold water will warm to room temperature faster in a small black pot or in a large black pot?

Answer 1

@inkyvoyd @iPwnBunnies

Answer 2

i think small black pot..

Answer 3

yah in small black pot because it will heat up very quickly, but a large pot require time to heat up

Answer 4

Thanks :)

Answer 5

uhh, I"m going to have to disagree

Answer 6

can you state the entire problem please?

Answer 7

Y
@inkyvoyd

Answer 8

why, i have a test in about 20 minutes >.<

Answer 9

Could you please restate the problem in original wording?

Answer 10

a liter of cold water places at room temperature, will warm faster on a large black pot or a small black pot

Answer 11

is said liter on a stove?

Answer 12

@inkyvoyd Y u disagree with us? Please give the reason we are w8ing

Answer 13

let's say, a liter of cold pot of water, one is a large pot and the other is a small pot i placed them on my desk, which one will warm faster?

Answer 14

the small pot or the large pot?

Answer 15

if the pots were made of the same material and both were sealed with a lid, the large pot would warm faster.

Answer 16

small pot will warm 1st.

Answer 17

the reason is because the transfer of heat in this case is by conduction, and the larger the surface area the more room there is for conduction to occur

Answer 18

also, if you were to shine a light on both pots, the larger pot would absorb more heat from radiation than the smaller pot due to surface area

Answer 19

but it doesn't say whether the lid is on or off? ://

Answer 20

it doesn't matter really. if both lids are off, there is still a larger space for the large pot to lose heat than the small pot

Answer 21

remember, both pots hold the SAME amount of water

Answer 22

Large pot also have large volume, 1 litre of water doesn't occupy whole space of Large pot then??????

Answer 23

I meant to say gain heat, and yeah @waxynaveed , one can only assume such because we know for sure there is 1 liter of water constant in both containers

Answer 24

thank you guys, i wish i can give more than one medal <33333

Answer 25

i have to go to class and do this test, this question was from a study guide and it will be on the test

Answer 26

But Sir in both pots 1 liter occupy same area, large pot need more energy to heat up.

Answer 27

@Powerful22 , I'm not sure you've considered my reasoning, but I highly suggest it.

Answer 28

I certainly did @inkyvoyd

Answer 29

@waxynaveed pots have a rather low specific heat capacity; and should not be of concern in this case because the volume of the metal or ceramic would not reach close to 1 liter

Answer 30

What you wrote was important, on heating and conduction. I will be tested on that for sure

Answer 31

Bye bye, omg i feel so nervous

Answer 32

@iPwnBunnies this is why I stopped helping people on OS >.<
AND YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE I CAN COMPLAIN TO LOL

Answer 33

I Like this conversation. Nice to discuss with u @inkyvoyd :)

Answer 34

I feel dumb not knowing this. .-.
I do agree the bigger pot will warm water up faster, given the lids are off.

Answer 35

Radiation has a bigger surface area, so it disturbs the molecules more, I suppose.

Answer 36

furthermore, convection currents are of no concern within the water itself because the change in temperature is not fast enough to allow for large changes in density

Answer 37

this individual comes in, and automatically assumes the first to give a direct answer is the correct one... they're going to have a bad time -.-

Answer 38

@inkyvoyd U WERE RIGHT!
I GOT THE ANSWER WRONG AND SO DOES @waxynaveed
the answer was large black pot !

Answer 39

right now as i'm reading what @inkyvoyd said it makes a lot of sense xD